Flatlined

A moment of silence, please.

Despite BH’s frantic, last-ditch resuscitation efforts, invocations to the gods, and a couple of swift kicks to the tires, The Plow Truck has finally died. Really died this time. Dead. Dead. Dead. If we wanted to replace the engine, and then replace the frame, steering mechanism, brakes, and exhaust, well then maybe it could be dragged out of the icy clutches of the grave. But the time has come to end its suffering.

It lived 26 years, well beyond the expected life for a Chevy quarter-ton. It plowed hundreds of tons of snow each winter, and was home to deer mice and other critters in the summer. It was a brave truck, and true. It gave us its last gasp yesterday, heroically opening up the driveway one last time, before it laid down, shuddered, and closed its eyes for good.

A memorial service will be held Friday night at 8 pm. The family has been deeply affected by this loss, so there will be no public calling hours. Donations can be made to the Oswego County Habitat for Humanity.

I, on the other hand, am equally sure that the truck is just sitting there, taking up space on your property. I hope you manage to find a replacement, since I know you get tons of snow up there each year!

My thoughts on Better Placedom were that the Tooth Fairy might have a cousin, the Truck Fairy, who would know what to do with Laurie’s once-truck (and perhaps leave a some of money in its stead). Wishful thinking i suppose

I, on the other hand, am equally sure that the truck is just sitting there, taking up space on your property. I hope you manage to find a replacement, since I know you get tons of snow up there each year!

I, on the other hand, am equally sure that the truck is just sitting there, taking up space on your property. I hope you manage to find a replacement, since I know you get tons of snow up there each year!

Oklahoma City received one inch of snow here yesterday. Very cold for us (6 degrees) and dry. You don’t even need a shovel to clear the sidewalk – A broom does the job. Everybody’s afraid to go out in it, but we’re better off than the relatives in Texas. They had sleet. Cars were abandoned in the streets. I hunger for deep snow and the sound of tires squeaking through snowpack.

Oklahoma City received one inch of snow here yesterday. Very cold for us (6 degrees) and dry. You don’t even need a shovel to clear the sidewalk – A broom does the job. Everybody’s afraid to go out in it, but we’re better off than the relatives in Texas. They had sleet. Cars were abandoned in the streets. I hunger for deep snow and the sound of tires squeaking through snowpack.

Oklahoma City received one inch of snow here yesterday. Very cold for us (6 degrees) and dry. You don’t even need a shovel to clear the sidewalk – A broom does the job. Everybody’s afraid to go out in it, but we’re better off than the relatives in Texas. They had sleet. Cars were abandoned in the streets. I hunger for deep snow and the sound of tires squeaking through snowpack.

we’re expected to have 9 inches of snow! I hope their exaggerating my wheelchair could never make it through all that and if their not then school better be cancelled because i have a global test the size of Africa I can’t miss it I’m in a honors class it will mess up my 90 average if I do I think I’m panicking – jessica from sheepshead bay

we’re expected to have 9 inches of snow! I hope their exaggerating my wheelchair could never make it through all that and if their not then school better be cancelled because i have a global test the size of Africa I can’t miss it I’m in a honors class it will mess up my 90 average if I do I think I’m panicking – jessica from sheepshead bay

we’re expected to have 9 inches of snow! I hope their exaggerating my wheelchair could never make it through all that and if their not then school better be cancelled because i have a global test the size of Africa I can’t miss it I’m in a honors class it will mess up my 90 average if I do I think I’m panicking – jessica from sheepshead bay

My thoughts on Better Placedom were that the Tooth Fairy might have a cousin, the Truck Fairy, who would know what to do with Laurie’s once-truck (and perhaps leave a some of money in its stead). Wishful thinking i suppose

My thoughts on Better Placedom were that the Tooth Fairy might have a cousin, the Truck Fairy, who would know what to do with Laurie’s once-truck (and perhaps leave a some of money in its stead). Wishful thinking i suppose